by Lance Polu APIA: SATURDAY 18 MAY 2013: Manu Samoa’s most successful coach in 15s and Sevens, Stephen Betham, has been drafted in to lead the Samoa Sevens team preparations for the World Cup in Moscow next month. Betham is the only Samoan Sevens coach to have won the IRB World Series in 2010 and [...]

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013: Minister of Finance Faumuina Tiatia Liuga apologised and asked for forgiveness from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) caucus members last night. Faumina shed tears as when he apologised, Talamua was reliably informed today. “’I humble myself before our party,’” a source who was present quotes the [...]

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013: Assessors in the trial of a resort owner traveled to the scenic spot where an alleged attempted murder took place. The four Assessors or jury traveled yesterday to Lano, a village with beach front resorts at Savai’i Island where resort owner Salanoa Richard Ah Chong allegedly shot [...]

by Alan Ah Mu APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013: Strong growth in visitor numbers occurred last year. What’s more holiday travellers overtook Visiting Relatives and Friends as the biggest category of visitors, data issued by Samoa Tourism Authority say. “Holiday travellers increased by 20 percent and contributed 39 percent of the total visitor traffic,” STA [...]

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013:  It took the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) Caucus almost three hours to come up with a 10 to 9 votes for the Minister of Finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga to remain in Cabinet. The meeting’s focus was on the petition by some Caucus MPs for the Minister [...]